| Full name | Collin Morikawa |
| Date of birth | February 6 1997 |
| Born | Los Angeles, California |
| Height | 5ft,9in |
| Resides | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Spouse | Katherine Zhu (opens in new tab) |
| College | University of California, Berkely |
| Turned pro | 2019 |
| PGA Tour wins | 5 |
| Major wins | 2 |
| Career high world ranking | 2nd |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour, DP World Tour |
| Caddie | JJ Jakovac (opens in new tab) |
| Sponsors | TaylorMade, Adidas, Omega, Therabody, U.S. Bank, Grant Thornton |
| @collin_morikawa (opens in new tab) | |
| @collin_morikawa (opens in new tab) |
Collin Morikawa only turned professional in 2019 but it became clear almost instantly that he was going to become hugely successful in the sport and develop into a household name.
The Californian won his maiden Major title in 2020 at the PGA Championship and followed it up with another Major triumph in 2021 at The Open – winning both in his debut starts in the events. There are surely set to be more to follow in the coming years.
Get to know Morikawa better with these 25 facts…
1. Collin Morikawa was born in Los Angeles, California.
2. For three weeks in May, 2018, Morikawa was the top-ranked amateur golfer in the world.
3. Morikawa turned pro in 2019.
4. It took only six pro starts for the youngster to clinch his first PGA Tour victory, at the 2019 Barracuda Championship.
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5. He then collected his second PGA Tour victory at the Workday Charity Open in 2020. This came in a playoff against Justin Thomas (opens in new tab) and at the time, it meant he had more wins than missed cuts on the PGA Tour.
6. Morikawa attended the University of California, Berkeley, and he graduated with a bachelors degree in business administration.
7. At college he was one of the top players in the country as he was named as a first-team All-American four times.
8. The strongest part of his game is his iron play. He ranked 2nd in SG: Approach the Green for the 2019-20 PGA Tour season, 1st in 2020-21 and 3rd in 2021-22. His 6-iron dispersion was found to be better than the average tour pro with a pitching wedge.
9. Morikawa is of Japanese and Chinese descent.
10. When paired with Tiger Woods at the 2020 Farmers Insurance Open, Morikawa became the first player to be paired with Tiger Woods in a PGA Tour event who was born after Tiger turned pro.
11. Morikawa started his professional PGA Tour career with 22 consecutive cuts made. This is the second-longest streak to start a career after Tiger Woods who had 25 consecutive.
12. His parents are called Debbie…
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